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Speedy repentance urged. A sermon preached at Boston, Decemb. 29. 1689. In the hearing,…
Speedy repentance urged. A sermon preached at Boston, Decemb. 29. 1689. In the hearing, and at the request of one Hugh Stone, a miserable man under a just sentence of death, for a tragical and horrible murder. : Together with some account concerning the character, carriage, and execution of that unhappy malefactor. : To which are added, certain memorable providences relating to some other murders; & some great instances of repentance which have been seen among us. / By Cotton Mather Pastor of the Gospel in Boston.
Boston: printed by Samuel Green, 1690
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The SERMON.
Job. VII. 2•. And why doest thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine Iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust, and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
WE have now before us, a very miserable, but we cannot excuse the hardness of our own Hearts, if it be not also a very profitable, Spectacle. You see a poor man in Irons here, whose crying Murders have now procured unto him that Sentence, which will not permit […] to live many hours longer in the world. His Case does truly Preach to You, the same […] my Text […] Preach to Him; ⟨p. 2⟩but while I have an Eye to his particular circumstances, I shall not so overlook yours, as to leave any one person in this vast Congregation without the Food proper in the present season for them. This Malefactor do•• know that he quickly must; and all of you do not know but you sooner may come to sleep in the Dust; wherefore let every one of you now hear as those that are concerned to get their Transgression pardoned, and their Iniquity taken away.
WE have now before us, a very miserable, but we cannot excuse the hardness of our own Hearts, if it be not also a very profitable, Spectacle. You see a poor man in Irons here, whose crying Murders have now procured unto him that Sentence, which will not permit 〈…〉 to live many hours longer in the world. His Case does truly Preach to You, the same 〈…〉 my Text 〈…〉 Preach to Him;